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Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Premiere Sets the Stage for Great (and Terrible) Things
If you didn't like Season 7's fast paced story, then you are in luck. Game of Thrones' Season 8 Premiere slows down things considerably, giving viewers time to catch up to all the characters. It's great that the episode does…
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Delhi Crime is a Charged, Feminist Take on a True Story, Raising Important Questions about Society
It’s hard to objectively judge a show that blends fact and fiction, especially when the facts stem from a case as harrowing as the 2012 Delhi rape case. It would be disingenuous of us to suggest that Delhi Crime is an entirely…
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The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Started Strong, but is the Second Season Going to be Better?
The new take on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, based on a recent comic book, does away with the hokey 90s tone and doubles down on darkness, gruesomeness and witch lore. The ten-episode first season is an experiment that works more…
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Umbrella Academy is a Weird Show about Dysfunctional Superheroes that Shows a Lot of Promise
Umbrella Academy isn’t the first superhero property to take a stab at the dysfunctional superhero family idea. However, it’s the first Netflix series to do so, and the series works more often than not for the most part. Sometimes, Family…
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Sex Education is a Raunchy Teen Comedy with Loads of Heart and Empathy
Jean Milburn is a peculiar woman. Like many mothers, she is specially interested in her son Otis’ affairs and rarely lets him venture outside her sphere of influence. Unlike others, however, she is particularly interested in his sex life. “Sweetheart,…
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Netflix’s You Puts the Audience in the Head of a Stalker in an Addictive First Season
You've heard of a possessive boyfriend. You've heard of an obsessive boyfriend. You've heard of an overprotective boyfriend. You've even heard of some abusive ones. Tell me my friend, have you heard of a guy who falls in love in…
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Frank Castle Embraces his Inner Monster in the Punisher’s Second Season
The Punisher’s second season is a complicated beast. In many ways, it starts out better than the first season, but it fumbles the pacing three-fourths of the way and lands a somewhat solid ending. It’s one of the last two…
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Why We Still Love Friends After All this Time
You’ll come across a bunch of F.R.I.E.N.D.S fans either binge watching it over and over again, wandering in the streets wearing F.R.I.E.N.D.S t-shirt, putting up a Facebook cover, jamming on ''I’ll be there for you'' or just jotting down notes…
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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is a Bold Experiment that Mostly Succeeds
You either like Black Mirror, or you hate it. Even if you don’t hate it, it can leave a strong distaste in your mouth. Sometimes, the show can feel like it’s being vile for the sake of being vile. Other…
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House of Cards’ Final Season is a Convoluted Mess that Collapses without its Former Star
The final season of House of Cards brings to mind the opening scene of the show: Frank Underwood mercifully putting down his dog and explaining that there are two kinds of pain: useful and useless. Sitting through this season of…
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